The Board of Supervisors of the County of Inyo, State of
California, met in regular session at the hour of 9:05 a.m., on Tuesday,
March 18, 2003, in the Board of Supervisors Room, County Administrative
Center, Independence, with the following Supervisors present:Chairperson Michael Dorame presiding, Linda Arcularius, Julie
Bear, Ted Williams, and Carroll M. Hambleton, Jr.Supervisor Hambleton provided the Invocation, and Supervisor
Bear led the Pledge of Allegiance.

Public
Comment

The
Chairperson announced the public comment period and there was no one from
the public wishing to speak.

County Dept. Reports

The
Chairperson announced the County Department Reports period.Dr. Holgate, Director of Health and Human Services,
provided information on the Adult Protective Services program in
connection with the Governor’s budget.The County Administrator updated the Board on local OES efforts in
conjunction with the upgrade to high alert status (orange).

CAO-Purchasing/ Ammunition P.O.

Moved by Supervisor Arcularius and seconded
by Supervisor Bear to award Bid No. 2002-10 for and approve the purchase
of ammunition for the Sheriff’s Department, Probation Department and
District Attorney’s Office from Adamson Industries of Costa Mesa, in an
amount not to exceed $14,928.89, plus tax.Motion carried unanimously.

CAO-Info Serv./ Verizon Agreement

Moved by Supervisor Arcularius and seconded
by Supervisor Bear to approve (a) the Agreement between the County of Inyo
and Verizon for long distance voice services for two years from the date
the Agreement is signed and (b) the amendment to the Contract providing
additional cancellation terms; and authorize the County Administrator to
sign.Motion carried
unanimously.

Solid Waste/ ESJPA Contract Amendment

Moved by Supervisor Arcularius and seconded
by Supervisor Bear to approve Amendment No. 2 to the Contract between the
County of Inyo and the Environmental Services Joint Powers Authority (ESJPA)
to add tasks of conducting evaluation monitoring at the Bishop-Sunland
Landfill through June 30, 2003, and increasing the Contract amount by
$37,000 to an amount not to exceed $216,576; and authorize the Chairperson
to sign.Motion carried
unanimously.

Clerk/AtPac Contract Addendum

Moved by Supervisor Arcularius and seconded by Supervisor Bear
to approve the Addendum to the License Agreement between the County of
Inyo and AtPac to add Document Advantage software module for court records
in an amount not to exceed $10,236.25; and authorize the Chairperson to
sign.Motion carried unanimously.

Resol. #2003-15/

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Mi. Canyon Rd. Notice of Comp.

On a motion by Supervisor Arcularius and a second
by Supervisor Bear, Resolution No. 2003-15 was adopted, accepting the
improvements and authorizing the recording of a Notice of Completion for
the Nine Mile Canyon Road Rehabilitation Project: motion unanimously
passed and adopted.

Rd. Dept./Round-

Up
P.O.

Moved by Supervisor
Arcularius and seconded by Supervisor Bear to approve the purchase of 90
gals of Round Up Pro for use along County roads for weed removal from
United Horticultural Supply of Sacramento, in an amount not to exceed
$3,757.50 plus applicable tax and shipping.Motion carried unanimously.

Rd. Dept./Pesti-

cide
P.O.

Moved by Supervisor
Arcularius and seconded by Supervisor Bear to approve the purchase of 24 -
4 oz. Bottles of Pointer Pesticide from United Horticulture Supply of
Sacramento, in an amount not to exceed $4,524, plus applicable tax and
shipping.Motion carried
unanimously.

The County Administrator corrected the
request for a part-time Clerk Assistant I position in the Ag.
Commissioner’s Office, asking that the title of the position be changed
to an Account Clerk I position at Range 43.Moved by Supervisor Arcularius and seconded by Supervisor Hambleton
to approve a change in authorized strength in the Agricultural
Commissioner’s Office by deleting one part-time Office Assistant
position and adding a part-time Account Clerk position; and authorize the
filling of a part-time, vacant, budgeted Account Clerk I position at Range
43.Motion carried unanimously.

Moved by Supervisor Bear and seconded by
Supervisor Arcularius to authorize the filling of one vacant, budgeted
Integrated Case Worker position.Motion
carried unanimously.

Moved by Supervisor Williams and seconded by
Supervisor Arcularius to authorize the filling of one vacant, budgeted
Human Services Supervisor in the Health and Human Services Department.Motion carried unanimously.

H&H-Misc./ Dickinson
Contract

Moved by Supervisor
Hambleton and seconded by Supervisor Bear to approve the Contract between
the County of Inyo and Jean Dickinson for provision of personal services
as Director of Health and Human Services at the rate of $6,792 per month
for the period beginning September 1, 2003; and authorize the Chairperson
to sign.Motion carried
unanimously.

Resol. #2003-16/ Comp. For
Appt. Officials

The County Administrator, in response to a question from the Board,
asked that the Resolution presented be adopted with the reference to the
previous compensation resolution identified in the body of the Resolution
as 2002-05 be changed to Resolution No. 2002-67.On a motion by Supervisor Hambleton and a second by
Supervisor Bear, Resolution No. 2003-16 was adopted,rescinding Resolution 2002-67 and fixing the compensation and/or
terms of conditions of employment for appointed officials employed in the
several offices or institutions of the County, as amended: motion
unanimously passed and adopted.

COA/Planning Director

The request for
discussion and possible direction regarding the appointment of a Planning
Director, was pulled from the Agenda at the request of the County
Administrator.

CAO-Economic Dev./Budget
Amendment

Moved
by Supervisor Arcularius and seconded by Supervisor Williams to A) amend
FY 2002-03 County Budget by (1) creating a new Economic Development budget
unit (number to be determined by Auditor-Controller) and (2) increasing
estimated revenues and appropriation by $100,000 in a variety of object
codes as recommended by staff (4/5 vote required);
and
B) approve in concept the establishment of a Family Revolving Loan Program
and direct staff to bring back all the approvals as necessary.Motion carried unanimously.

Recess/

Reconvene

The Chairperson recessed the regular meeting
at 11:25 a.m., to reconvene at 11:35 a.m., with all Board Members present.

CAO-H&H-HIPPA/ Privacy
Officer Appointment

The County Administrator
provided additional information and further clarification on the request
to appoint the Prevention Coordinator in the Health and Human Services
Department as the HIPPA Privacy Officer.Mr. Mendez clarified that upon being reminded of a
commitment for reimbursement of the salary by the Health Department he was
requesting that the reimbursement rate of 20% from the General Fund be
changed to 25%.Mr. Mendez
went on to explain that by utilizing the Prevention Coordinator to perform
the Privacy Officer function the County would be leveraging existing
resources to develop a pilot program to ascertain the functions, which
will be required by the County in order to comply with HIPPA.Ms. Jean Dickinson, Assistant Health and Human Services Director,
provided additional information on the duties of the Prevention
Coordinator and how certain tasks could be deferred, temporarily, without
major impact to the programs. Moved by Supervisor Hambleton and seconded
by Supervisor Bear to A) designate Andrea Durocher-Cortez, Prevention
Coordinator in Behavioral Health Services as the County’s Health
Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Officer and
B) appropriate $4,400 from Contingency to reimburse Behavioral Health
Services for 25% of the Prevention Coordinator Salary for HIPAA functions
and authorize the County Administrator and Auditor-Controller to make the
necessary budget amendment.Motion
carried unanimously.

Child Support/ Computer P.O.

Moved by Supervisor Arcularius and seconded
by Supervisor Williams to approve the purchase of and install six Compaq
Evo D510 personal computers and monitors, one Compaq ProLiant ML330 G2
Intel Pentium III server, one NETGEAR 24 Port Switch and related software
from Infomatix, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $14,200.Motion carried unanimously.

H&H-Behavioral
Health/Safe and Drug Free Schools Budget

Ms. Jean Dickinson,
Assistant Director of Health and Human Services, and Mr. René Mendez,
County Administrator, provided additional information regarding the Safe
and Drug Free Schools grant program.Ms. Dickinson confirmed that the County’s grant funds would not
be provided to pay for teacher salaries.The Board and Staff discussed how the information garnered through
this program would be used throughout the County.Ms. Dickinson requested that the request to authorize a .5 FTE Case
Manager position, a part of section C) of this request, be pulled from
consideration at this time.

Moved by Supervisor Williams and seconded by
Supervisor Arcularius to A) approve the Contract with the California
Department of Alcohol and Drug Program for prevention funds in the amount
of $600,000, for the period of January 1, 2003, through December 31, 2005,
and authorize the “Official of Applicant Agency” to sign the Contract;

B) amend the FY 2002/03 County Budget as
follows: (a) create a new Safe and Drug Free Schools and Communities
budget unit (number to be determined by Auditor-Controller); and (b)
increase estimated revenues in State Grants (Revenue
Code #4498)by $100,000 and increase appropriations in
various object codes as recommended by Staff by $100,000; and

C) increase authorized strength by adding two
15-hour HHS Specialist positions at Range 53 ($12.22/hour), adding one
full time HHS Specialist position at Range 53 ($2,119 - $2,577), and
authorize the recruitment and filling of these positions contingent upon
continued grant funding.Motion
carried unanimously.

Moved by Supervisor Williams and seconded by
Supervisor Hambleton to certify the Mitigated Negative Declaration for the
Travertine Springs Deep Drilling Project, certify that the requirements of
the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) have been satisfied, find
that the project’s impacts to native plants and animals are de minimus
pursuant to Section 711.4 of California Resources Code, and direct
Planning Department Staff to file a Notice of Determination with the Inyo
County Clerk.Motion carried
unanimously.

BofS/Minute Approval

Moved by Supervisor Bear
and seconded by Supervisor Williams to approve the minutes of the March 4,
2003, Board of Supervisors Meeting.Motion
carried unanimously, with Supervisor Arcularius abstaining.

Moved by Supervisor
Hambleton and seconded by Supervisor Arcularius to approve the minutes of
the March 11, 2003, Board of Supervisors Meeting.Motion carried unanimously.

District/So. Inyo Fire
Protection

Moved by Supervisor Bear
and seconded by Supervisor Williams to appoint Mr. Clifford Kenny to serve
on the Southern Inyo Fire Protection District Board of Directors per
Government Code Section 1780.Motion
carried unanimously.

The Chairperson recessed
closed session at 2:35 p.m., to reconvene in open session, to receive a
report on closed session.County
Counsel reported there were no items discussed in closed session, which
were required by law to be reported on in open session.

Adjournment

The Chairperson adjourned
the regular meeting at 2:35 p.m., to 9:00 a.m., April 1, 2003, in the
Board of Supervisors Room, at the County Administrative Center in
Independence.

____________________________________Chairperson,
Inyo County Board of Supervisors

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